We Come From A Sunburnt Country

newwavetimewarp: Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons’ “Shape I’m In”...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:06:00 +0800

Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons’ “Shape I’m In” single came out on (or, okay, about) November 27, 1979. Here’s the original promo video. I can see why Elvis Costello liked this band.

Some classic Oz rock.

dementes: Shocking pictures have emerged of a stark naked couple...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:36:01 +0800

dementes:

Shocking pictures have emerged of a stark naked couple having sex on clock tower in the middle of a busy shopping centre. The Australian couple were snapped after startled onlookers noticed them clinching in the precarious, and extremely public, position on the edge of the balcony. (via: k & mirror)

Activists hold a anti-nuclear protest outside BHP...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:43:25 +0800

Activists hold a anti-nuclear protest outside BHP Billiton’s annual general meeting in Brisbane, Australia. Picture: REUTERS. via telegraph uk

Joe Cool, Australian Guy (via glen.h)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:37 +0800

Joe Cool, Australian Guy (via glen.h)

mabelmoments: Wild camels terrorise NT community The Northern...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:32:18 +0800

mabelmoments:

Wild camels terrorise NT community

The Northern Territory Government says residents of a remote Central Australian community are too scared to leave their houses because it has been overrun by thousands of wild camels.

Local Government Minister, Rob Knight, says the situation is critical.

“The community of Docker River is under siege by 6000 marauding, wild camels,” he said.

He says in the past few weeks, camels have invaded the town in seach of water. [continued at ABC Australia]

isay: lanipauli: Today’s inspirational (and ocker Australian)...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:08:27 +0800

isay:

lanipauli:

Today’s inspirational (and ocker Australian) speech. Note, high level of offensive language. If you don’t want to find yourself offended don’t listen. Simple.

There is always someone having a worse day than you…

This is hilarious.

inothernews: fuzzyrush: Balance is the key in Australia. Left:...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:16:45 +0800

inothernews:

fuzzyrush:

Balance is the key in Australia.

Left: The Conrad Treasury Casino, middle: a giant Christmas tree, right: The Albert Street Uniting Church.

Big sleep for Lucky sheep - ABC News

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:21:54 +0800

Big sleep for Lucky sheep - ABC News:

The world’s oldest sheep has died in western Victoria.

Rogue kangaroo attacks farmer after trying to drown his dog

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:01:59 +0800

Rogue kangaroo attacks farmer after trying to drown his dog:

mabelmoments:

A rogue kangaroo has gone on the rampage in the southern Australian state of Victoria, trying to drown a dog in a dam before turning on the dog’s owner.

dementes: Over 100 dancers surprised Bondi Beach with a Flash...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:04 +0800

dementes:

Over 100 dancers surprised Bondi Beach with a Flash Mob on Sat Nov 14th 2009, organised by DJ Dan Murphy and starring one of Australia’s most famous & delicious drag queens - Joyce Maynge. (via: k who found it on buzzfeed)

eyesturnedskyward: toosweet4rnr: I hold a doctorate in...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:43:14 +0800

eyesturnedskyward:

toosweet4rnr:

I hold a doctorate in pepper.

Dr Pepper was once in abundance in Australia, it sat right alongside your Cokes and your Pepsis. But then the fickle tastebuds of Australians banished it to boutique soda territory and now you can only get it at specialty stores that sells gimmicky food from the USA. :(

It wasn’t widely available in Australia for all that long.. maybe 5 years in the 90’s. They gave it their best shot, but Aussies just don’t go for the cherry cola type flavours.. Flavoured coke hasn’t done well here either. Mostly because it’s disgusting.

—lacontessa

mabelmoments: Perth Zoo invites you to take action in a new...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:11:22 +0800

mabelmoments:

Perth Zoo invites you to take action in a new advocacy campaign called Don’t Palm Us Off that seeks to change food-labelling legislation in Australia and New Zealand, mandating the labelling of palm oil on all food products. So why is this so urgently necessary?

Approximately 6,000 orangutans are killed per year and the United Nations warns that orangutans could become extinct within a generation. The primary reason for the orangutans’ habitat being destroyed is the increasing demand for oil palm plantations which results in large-scale clearing of rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia. Over 85% of the world’s palm oil comes from these two countries.

Don’t Palm Us Off is part of a national campaign urging visitors to sign a petition – via postcards, an interactive touch-screen at Bukit Station or [here] – to mandate the labelling of products containing palm oil. (via Perth Zoo)

Attention Aussies and Kiwis

allcreatures: This is the first outing for Perth Zoo’s latest...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:10:31 +0800

allcreatures:

This is the first outing for Perth Zoo’s latest arrival: a baby Sumatran Orangutan born to 39-year-old mother, Puteri.The infant weighed just under two kilograms at birth. Picture: AP. via telegraph uk

This little girl was born October 20 and is the face of the Palm Oil campaign.

Some background info via Perth Zoo:

The infant will start eating solids, such as tropical fruit, at about five months of age but will continue to feed from her mother for the next five to six years.

The father of the infant is 34-year-old Hsing Hsing, who has been at Perth Zoo since 1983. He has fathered three other offspring at the Zoo.

The infant celebrates the same birthday as the youngest male at the Zoo, Nyaru, who was born in 2007.

The Zoo’s colony currently comprises nine females and four males.

Perth Zoo is part of an Australasian captive breeding program for the critically endangered Sumatran Orangutan.

Sumatran Orangutans are the slowest reproducing species in the world. Adult females only give birth to an infant every eight or nine years. The gestation period of orangutans is 260 days (or 8.5 months) – almost identical to that of humans. The oestrous cycle of orangutans is 30 days – once again, almost identical to humans.

Females usually have their first offspring between 12 and 16 years of age.

One of our closest biological relatives, orangutans have around 97% human genetic make-up and have an intelligence level equivalent to that of a five or six-year-old child.

Orangutan means person of the forest in Indonesian.

isay: Captain Jack Harkness Dominic James ran out of options as...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:25:19 +0800

isay:

Captain ~~Jack Harkness~~ Dominic James ran out of options as his plane - carrying a critically ill woman and four others - was running out of fuel near Norfolk Island.

In the dark and facing a 1.5-metre swell, he brought the Westwind jet down and ditched in the sea.

As the jet sank, the passengers - the patient, her husband, two medical crew and the two pilots - clung to each other for 90 minutes in the water before they were rescued by a boat.

via images.theage.com.au

ABC gardening guru Peter Cundall who is 82 was arrested...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:37 +0800

ABC gardening guru Peter Cundall who is 82 was arrested yesterday for protesting against a planned pulp mill in Tasmania.

(via )

lacontessa: Slide celebrating 10 years of Channel 7 in Perth,...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:59:58 +0800

lacontessa:

Slide celebrating 10 years of Channel 7 in Perth, Australia in 1969.

(via)

lacontessa: Slide that introduced the Late Friday Movie in...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:53:26 +0800

lacontessa:

Slide that introduced the Late Friday Movie in Perth, Australia in the late 1960’s.

(via)

isay: This is Sally from Brand Power. She tells me that Milo...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:16:15 +0800

isay:

This is Sally from Brand Power.

She tells me that Milo (an Australian milk drink) is all natural and packed full of goodness rather than sugar and crap like that.

Obviously I believe her. She has nice tits.

dementes: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Monkey On...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:07:31 +0800

dementes:

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Monkey On A Wire

They make no sounds, They ring no bell
Leaving no traces, They got no tales to tell
They find no home, They make no love
Casting no shadow while balancing above
Oh oh here I go me and my desire
Everyones got their own monkey on a wire
Oh oh down below, leader of the choir
is waiting for the next monkey on a wire
They keep no fear, no second prize
Walking like Jesus with voodoo in their eyes

my-ear-trumpet: ideefixedujour: VPRS 12903/P1 Box P504/03 -...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:21:13 +0800

my-ear-trumpet:

ideefixedujour:

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We Come From A Sunburnt Country

newwavetimewarp: Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons’ “Shape I’m In”...

dementes: Shocking pictures have emerged of a stark naked couple...

Activists hold a anti-nuclear protest outside BHP...

Joe Cool, Australian Guy (via glen.h)

mabelmoments: Wild camels terrorise NT community The Northern...

isay: lanipauli: Today’s inspirational (and ocker Australian)...

inothernews: fuzzyrush: Balance is the key in Australia. Left:...

Big sleep for Lucky sheep - ABC News

Rogue kangaroo attacks farmer after trying to drown his dog

dementes: Over 100 dancers surprised Bondi Beach with a Flash...

eyesturnedskyward: toosweet4rnr: I hold a doctorate in...

mabelmoments: Perth Zoo invites you to take action in a new...

Perth Zoo invites you to take action in a new advocacy campaign called Don’t Palm Us Off that seeks to change food-labelling legislation in Australia and New Zealand, mandating the labelling of palm oil on all food products. So why is this so urgently necessary?

allcreatures: This is the first outing for Perth Zoo’s latest...

isay: Captain Jack Harkness Dominic James ran out of options as...

ABC gardening guru Peter Cundall who is 82 was arrested...

lacontessa: Slide celebrating 10 years of Channel 7 in Perth,...

lacontessa: Slide that introduced the Late Friday Movie in...

isay: This is Sally from Brand Power. She tells me that Milo...

dementes: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Monkey On...

my-ear-trumpet: ideefixedujour: VPRS 12903/P1 Box P504/03 -...